It’s hot. Spring has flashed to summer with the turn of a switch. Dawn comes with still seas and air that carries the heavy scent of salted water. From my writing perch, I watch orioles dash palm to palm, nipping at dried fronds for nesting materials. Small hummingbirds lap at red flowers, doves coo from [...]
Archive for the ‘Birds’ Category
Hot Sultry Mornings
Posted: May 16, 2012 in Baja Living, Beach Dogs, Birds, Buster, Casa de Catalina, Gardens/Plants, Loreto, Sea of Cortez, Sunrises2
beauty where we find it …..
Posted: January 18, 2012 in Baja Living, Beach Dogs, Birds, Buster, Casa de Catalina, Clean Water, Coronado Island, Desert, Dolphins, Environment, Estuary, Family & Friends, Fish, Food, Loreto, Moon Rise, Sailing, San Juanico, Scuba Diving, Sea of Cortez, Snorkeling, Sunrises, Sunsets, SUP, Surfing, Weather, WhalesTags: bountiful sea, Cabo San Lucas, cirrius, San Quintin, Sea of Cortez
For the uninitiated, there is little that can be said to fully express the beauty of Baja California Sur. From the moment one leaves the populations of Colonet & San Quintin, makes a requisite gas stop in El Rosario, and heads into the heart of undeveloped land of cardon, bojum, cholla, poloverde, cirrius and more [...]
Omage to the daybreak …
Posted: October 21, 2011 in Baja Living, Birds, Buster, Casa de Catalina, Family & Friends, Sea of Cortez, SunrisesFlap of pelican wings. Graceful dive of Arctic tern. Splash and leap of tiny fish. Wind rustling palm trees. The chatter of house finches. The coo of rock doves. The squawk of sea gulls. The islands floating in the not quite break of day. The Sea of Cortez in stillness. Buster, patiently waiting for his [...]
sentinels
Posted: October 3, 2011 in Baja Living, Birds, Casa de Catalina, Environment, Sea of Cortez, Waste ManagementTags: Turkey vultures
Known as ‘the cleaners’ of the desert,’ an appearance of turkey vultures circling overhead is a sure sign that something in the vicinity is dead. With haste and efficiency, the flock will find and eliminate all fleshy materials, and leave a skeleton and fur/skin in place of what was once an animal. On the beaches [...]
morning comes round again ….
Posted: October 2, 2011 in Baja Living, Birds, Casa de Catalina, Sea of Cortez, Sunrisesstillness : slap of tiny waves against shore stones : twitter of finches darting between palms : whir of hummingbird wings hovering over succulent red flowers : splash of dogs on a morning swim
Morning SUP – Loreto
Posted: July 30, 2011 in Loreto, Baja Living, Birds, Sea of Cortez, Coronado Island, SUPTags: stand up paddle boards, SUP, yellowtail, dorado, manta rays, blue footed boobies, Magnficient frigate bird
The waters around Loreto are usually pefect for SUPing – Stand Up Paddling. This morning was no exception. I took off on my fish – a 9’6″ Waterman – and headed up the coast toward Coronado Island. Winds were light and building, with lots of opportunities to refine my balance as wind driven waves crashed [...]
Morning Birthday Gifts
Posted: May 26, 2011 in Baja Living, Birds, Casa de Catalina, Clean Water, Environment, Loreto, Sea of Cortez, SunrisesTags: Eco-Alianzia de Loreto, Kay Wright, Mark Spalding, Science Conservation Symposium, sea turtles, the Ocean Foundation
Quiet seas and shimmering dawn. Early morning osprey calls. The whiz of hummingbird wings next to my face. The splash of hungry pelican. A brisk walk to a thought provoking seminar by Mark Spalding the Ocean Foundation on environmental governance, part of the three-day Simposio de Ciencia de la Conservación en Loreto (Conservation Science Symposium). [...]
Delight of delights .. an osprey has taken up morning residence on my neighbor’s roof. The property is adjacent to the shallow estuary created by the carved earth of the arroyo. The heron and egrets are usually morning visitors, along with sandpipers and godwits. Five mornings in a row, however, the osprey has been perched [...]
Day Two 2011
Posted: January 2, 2011 in Baja Living, Beach Dogs, Birds, Loreto, Sunrises, WeatherTags: Baja California, Mexico, Sea of Cortez
Will I ever tire of the sunrise? Sometimes I think, “enough.” But no, I grab the camera, capture the light. There is always something different. Clouds shifted, glassy seas or wind swept, the sky a range of color fields. In the stillness, the air gathers in on itself and slowly exhales in rhythm with the [...]
December 31 .. The last day of 2010.
Posted: December 31, 2010 in Baja Living, Beach Dogs, Birds, Casa de Catalina, Desert, Estuary, Loreto, Sea of Cortez, SunrisesLast day, last sunrise of 2010. Woke earlier than usual : 4:00 AM and what to do. Sleep filled and nothing left but to meditate and greet the new day in darkness. Poured hot coffee and savored the quiet. A crescent moon lingered with Saturn clinging to its sphere. NASA reporting storms on the ringed [...]
